Alumna named National Online Teacher of the Year

Mar 01, 2012 |

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Leslie (Bangert) Fetzer of Holly Springs, N.C., an online biology teacher at North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS), was named America’s 2012 National Online Teacher of the Year for K-12. Fetzer, a 2001 graduate who majored in biology and minored in English, started her career in the pharmaceutical industry as a medical writer before deciding she wanted to teach.

She began her teaching career at Bolivar-Richburg Central School in Bolivar, N.Y., before moving to North Carolina. She has taught online biology to grades 10-12 at North Carolina Virtual Public School for the past three years.

The nine-year teaching veteran was also 2011 Teacher of the Year at North Carolina Virtual Public School.